English and French translation: occupational name for a toll gatherer demanded for the right of passage across a bridge, crossing , or other thoroughfare, from Middle English, Old French travers ‘passage’, ‘crossing’, from Old French traverser ‘to cross’.
Northern Irish translation: from Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Treabhair .
Top Occupations for Travers in 1880:
Laborer Farmer Homemaker Farm laborer Sailor
Travers Civil War Service Allegiance:
Confederate 1,050,000
Union 2,213,363
Total # 3,263,363
(Compiled by Ancestry.com from Civil War Service Records)
Brief Family History Spelling variations of this family name include: Travers, Traverse, Travis, Traviss , Treavis and others.
Were first located in Lancashire but were evidently around in ancient times, at Mount Travers, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. It is claimed by some researchers that they are descendants of William the Conqueror.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or its variants were: Walter Travis, who came to Virginia in 1637; John Traviss settled in Maryland in 1734; Joseph Travis, who settled in Maryland in 1738; Robert Travers, who settled in Placentia, Newfoundland, in 1744.
Motto: "Nec temere nec timide", which translated means "Neither rashly nor timidly"
Coat of Arms:A black shield with a silver chevron between two silver escallops in chief and a silver boar's head in base is one I have found. There is another one displayed on my geneology link page.The coat of arms of the middle ages were used to make their shield and armor easy to recognize in games or battle. They wore the designs over their breast on their chest armor and on their helmets. In English tradition, an individual had a coat of arms and it was passed down from father to son, with a slight difference in the arms of the sons (like colors, etc). Their motto was usually placed below the coat of arms in England, above in Scotland.
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